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A Quietly Merry Widow: Ildikó Raimondi at the Volksoper
Marco Arturo Marelli’s extravagant art deco production is one of the most successful productions available at the Volksoper. It's an appropriate and lighthearted choice to celebrate 25 years of Ildikó Raimondi.
Philipp Stölzl's Il Trovatore has successful Wiener Festwochen test-run before travelling to Berlin
Il Trovatore has doggedly survived in opera’s hit charts despite dispensing generous quantities of hair-raising as well as eyebrow-raising content. Verdi’s music is intoxicating, of course, but there is something to this work that makes it accessible beyond reasoning.
Die Csárdásfürstin in a long-standing but still valid production at the Volksoper
Die Csárdásfürstin is set at the beginning of World War I, a time of uncertainty and fear, but also one where the ruling classes of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy were partying like there was no tomorrow.